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Day: October 16, 2012

Bulgaria Europe News 

Controversial former Bulgarian foreign minister nominated for second EPP term – report

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s ruling party GERB has nominated Roumyana Zheleva, a former foreign minister and failed European Commissioner-designate, for a second term

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Business Perspectives 

M&A corner: EU and government subsidies – boon or bane to SMEs?

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Les Nemethy

One should not look a gift horse in the mouth, as the saying goes, so forgive me if I raise

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

EU annual inflation stays flat in September, Bulgarian CPI up

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Annual inflation was unchanged in September, both in the euro zone and the European Union as a whole, but the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Defence Minister Angelov taking fighter jet acquisition plan to Cabinet

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Facing Nato member Bulgaria’s continuing shortcoming in fighter jets, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov has revived moves for the country to

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Bulgaria News 

Power substation explodes in Bulgaria’s Bourgas, damaging apartments, shops and cars

October 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An electricity power substation in a residential building exploded in the early hours of the morning of October 16 2012

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Europe News 

‘EU Prosecutor’, new legal definitions among proposals for EU to fight organised crime

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A European Union-wide definition of mafia-related crimes, the possibility of seizing criminal assets and using them to benefit the community,

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Business Europe News 

Polish firms to invest 1.2 billion euro in shale gas projects by 2016

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy

Polish firms will invest in shale gas projects five billion zloty (about 1.22 billion euro) by 2016, but eventually investments

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Europe News 

Canada won’t force Roma to return to Hungary: Balog

October 16, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

There will be no mass return of Hungarian Roma once Canada implements stricter immigration rules, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán

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Business Europe News 

Soros to economists: Germany can help Europe avoid depression

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Peter Fedynsky VOANews

Billionaire investor George Soros says Germany can help Europe avoid a depression by committing itself to helping the continent’s weaker

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